5th School of Languages Conference
Short Title: SOLCON V
Theme: Language, Digital Humanities, and Climate Change: Rethinking Communication, Education, and Advocacy in the Digital Age

Date: 15-Oct-2025 - 17-Oct-2025
Location: Legon, Accra, Ghana
Contact: School of Languages, University of Ghana
Contact Email: [email protected]

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; General Linguistics; Language Documentation; Ling & Literature; Sociolinguistics

Submission Deadline: 11-Jul-2025

The conference, scheduled for October 15–17, 2025, on the pristine campus of the University of Ghana, will explore the theme: “Language, Digital Humanities, and Climate Change: Rethinking Communication, Education, and Advocacy in the Digital Age.” We are honored to welcome Prof Dr. Adams Bodomo as our keynote speaker, a distinguished scholar and Chair Professor of African Linguistics and Literatures at the University of Vienna, Austria.

Sub-themes include but are not limited to:
1. Linguistic Framing of Climate Change - How language shapes public perception, policy, and activism.
2. Digital Humanities & Climate Narratives - Using text mining, Al, and computational linguistics to study climate discourse
3. Misinformation & Climate Denialism - Digital strategies for detecting and countering climate misinformation
4. Climate Education & Multilingual Communication - The role of language in climate literacy across different educational systems and cultures.
5. Storytelling, Indigenous, Knowledge & Climate Justice - How digital humanities can amplify marginalized voices in climate discourse

Submission Guidelines:
- Must be in English, French or an African language (500 words max)
- Must be accompanied by 5-6 keywords
- Must be fully anonymised
- Only one single and one co-authored submission allowed

In a separate document, attach a brief summary biography (100-150words) for each author, highlighting their research interests, academic background

Email all submissions to [email protected]